Asian Art Day One - 20 May 2009
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A Chinese yue yao celadon model of a ram, recumbent and with incised markings, six dynasties, Western or Eastern Jin dynasty c. 4th century, 11.5cm.
Cf. Gompertz, Chinese Celadon Wares, plate 9a and Susan Valenstein, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of Adele and Stanley Herzman, Orientations, June 1990, fig. 2 and D'Argence, Treasures from the Shanghai Museum: 6000 years of Chinese Art, no. 57 illustrated on the front cover, for similar examples.
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